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I was prepared for a weekend of video gaming purchases on the U.S. but I returned to my country disappointed and a bit sad of the present of chains like Gamestop.

Gamestop hasn't been the best experience for years but I usually found a few games in one of the stores, this time I didn't even bought one game. The stores I visited were sad and the stock was really nothing interesting for me. I saw Fallout 3 GOTY and Fallout Anthology for PC for a very good price but the overall sad feeling I had when I checked the store made me just get out with my wallet intact.

The currency exchange was another factor and I really need to value the "paradise" I have in my city with many video game stores with a good variety of retro and current releases.

I arrived to my city and I had a package sent from ebay:

Zelda Ocarina JP CIB for 16usd
Threads of Fate CIB, Grandia without manual and Star Ocean CIB for 76 usd. - Unfortunately I had a bad experience with my purchase, the seller listed Threads of Fate as EXCELLENT DISC and the reality was much different: rebuffed disc with a very deep scratch that makes the game crash .... Grandia and Star Ocean was described as great condition and the reality was another thing.

Too sad to have sellers lying about the condition of the games. I have the option to return, but living in Mexico is really much trouble, expensive and slow so I took my loss.

I was actually planning on getting the regular edition later. But my local EB Games still had one sealed copy of the LE left, so I bought it on impulse.

Hori Duraflexi Protector (New) - $9.99

I discovered some paint chips in the top of my Mario & Luigi Dream Team LE 3DS XL, and I have no idea how it happened. So I bought this cover to try and avoid any more damage.

Books:

Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Complete Official Strategy Guide (Used) - $39.99

I had been eyeing this copy of the guide on Amazon Canada since October. The seller originally had it priced at $69.99, but by December he reduced the price to what I paid. I just received it today, and it’s worth every penny!

Not that I usually find getting a good deal on a game online a find, but I did end up with Trip World (GB-JP) for $75+ Mario Kart GBA cart only. The game usually runs $200+.

Cart has the usual discoloring plastic found on lots/most Japanese carts with an excellent sticker, very clean pins/board. Not a long game but a fun one and amazing attention to the details with visuals/audio for the era/system. Definitely something to hold on to.

Boxed Castlevania III Dracula's Curse for 45 usd
Zelda Phantom Hourglass CIB and very nice condition for 14 usd
Wizardry II CIB with a cart that looked like it was used only a couple of times, really nice, for 16.7 usd

Mmm Nintendo Gameboy

A few days ago I scored a lucky break on ebay. I've been for weeks now mulling over buying an original Gameboy and also the Pocket. I eventually felt it would be best if I could get the original stuff I grew up with close in quality as possible. I've been poking around and accidentally came across this gem of a Gameboy that wasn't exactly excellently listed or it would have been instantly gone.

I started digging through the images before reading up on it because I really was just after one that wasn't beat up with a clean lens over the LCD. I was very pleased to see what appeared to be a spotless Gameboy, but then the last couple images my jaw dropped. One ended up showing all the original manuals, booklets, warning sheets, extra paper to tell idiots to put the game in the right way, and the ad stuff for NP and the fold out poster for Gameboy too. If that wasn't cool enough the headphones and link cable are still twist tied and unused and the last picture, the BOX.

I got it in the mail today and was further shocked. The foam inside while a little damaged is totally there including the brittle top part. The gameboy itself is in fact spotless LCD and all. I wrote the seller about it before buying or as I got it (forget) they said back in 1989 they bought it for their daughter who used it for a very little and then went back into the box to be stored all these years (25 years~ of hibernation.)

These things basically new go notably in excess of $100, a nice complete used one is over that -- and I paid $40 shipped. It only came from Ohio to here so it got here in two days.

Just like Christmas I put in Super Mario Land before Tetris because that's how it happened back then and it's fun.

I think someone was printing replacements for the hinge a couple years back, could have sworn I saw planet VB forums or the site noting it. Might be worth searching, but I don't have one anymore so that's not on me.

No idea if I did well or not, didn't really care all things considered. They also had 2 Decepticon/Insecticons too -- Shrapnel and Kickback, never was big on that line. They're all $50 but I had a 25% off rewards card.

No idea if I did well or not, didn't really care all things considered. They also had 2 Decepticon/Insecticons too -- Shrapnel and Kickback, never was big on that line. They're all $50 but I had a 25% off rewards card.

You did pretty well. G1 Jazz in that condition is worth somewhere between 75-100 dollars.

That's good to know, I wonder if those insecticons if they're still there are worth $50 in same type shape and missing the plastic transformer holder inside.

Anyway, more Gameboy raging goodness follows.

Within a week of getting that GB up there, I netted an original GB Pocket in that plastic box with an unbagged manual/papers and it's in I'd say 8/10 condition due to some scratches up in the back above the cartridge slot where it goes inside, and some glue bleed through going bad with age in the mirror face around the screen...otherwise stunning.

And then today score again, the NES Gameboy SP with just a couple scratches on the battery cover in back, that's it. In both cases local or shipped, $50 a pop.

...if I bothered all I'd need I guess at this point would be an original GBA since my white one ate it, and a 101 SP as I do have a black/silver complete in box (other than faceplate remover) GB Micro too.

[QUOTE=Tanooki;2034583]That's good to know, I wonder if those insecticons if they're still there are worth $50 in same type shape and missing the plastic transformer holder inside.

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Eh, it's not a terrible price but it's not a great price either. If you collect G1 transformers and want the boxes, you might consider paying it. If for flip/trade then I'd avoid as it'd leave you very little margin as the Insecticons are much more plentiful and easily found in nice condition as they didn't have a lot to them.

interesting past few days. I forgot I got the Saturn games in, I think they were about $20 bucks shipped, one is missing a spine card and one of the ones there is torn a bit. James Bond Collection, ATH-A500X headphones (being used currently) and the KMC Hyper MAT sleeves were from amazon. I had a gift card from a holiday return where I returned a different james bond set and the set I returned bought all of that.

The headphones are awesome by the way, I had an old set I left at a friends out years ago that I never got back so I finally replaced them

Street Fighter 2 on genesis was free because a friend of mine said it was mine but I don't remember getting it and he didn't want it so what ever.

The Motorola clock radio....
I wanted a old school bed side clock for the spare room and I knew from before to buy up any of these types of old clock/radios from 1960's and earlier from the major brands at the time because some of them in good shape can be worth ALOT of money for what they are. Mainly from the fact that they have such interesting designs. I say this sitting on the test bench at the As-Is store and it was a instant grab and I'll deal with it later sort of thing so I did. only $4 bucks.

well it tells time but the radio wont work. it could be a bad tube but more likely its a bad cap since none of the 5(?) ish tubes light up its not getting ANY juice to the radio and the clock face and dial are supposed to light up too but that isn't working either. the important part works.

I go to research it and I cant find ANYTHING about this particular model other than previous sales with no sale price and that's about it. I did find a blurb some where about a C4P being mad around approx. 1959 but that was it. I'll have to see if the board is the same as another model with a different shell, something they did a lot of. so its either worthless or super rare but I've seen more boring designs go for about $120 or more online. it'll go well with my big red 1952 Motorola 52CW4

I don't post a lot in these threads, as most of my shopping for games these days is online and doesn't feel like a real "find" to me. However, I did find this at a local store, and it's so rare that I buy an NES game these days. It was $14.99, which isn't a steal, but isn't bad for Power Punch II, and I've only ran into this one a few times over the years. Had to peel a few Blockbuster Video stickers off of it, but it's otherwise super clean and works great.